2nd Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop - Day 3

Welcome to the 

2nd Annual 

Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!!!

Calling all crafters! We’ve gathered designers from some of our favorite manufacturers to show you ways to create something from the heart this holiday season. This 3 day Hop includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore all of the thoughtful and frugal handmade gifts you could create for the holidays, all in one place, during our second annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!

Hi - Jean Okimoto here - welcome to the 3rd day of our hop!  We love sharing our ideas with you and hope you'll be inspired to create some fabulous projects of your own using the great products featured during the past three days.  Here's a project I'd like to share...

I love the great array of colorful holiday treats available right now - especially the yogurt and candy-coated Christmas tree pretzels I found at Top Foods and Haggens here in the northwest.  They're perfect for party favors, gift baskets, placecards - and a tray of these little jars would be a sweet hostess or teachers gift too.

Clearsnap Products - view the 2012 Catalog* here

Design Adhesives - French Swirl, Snow Fun, Funky Forest (*Pages 61-64) 

Designer Foils - Cherry Pie, Silver Fog, Limeburst (*(Page 65)

ColorBox Pigment Inkpads - Cranberry, Moss Green (*Page 14)

ColorBox Limited Edition Inkpad - Grass

Fiskars

Snowflake and White Christmas Punches

Tag XXL Lever Punch

Micro-Tip Scissors

Interchangeable Border Punch Daisy Chain Starter Set, Banners Away and Lacy Doubles Cartridges

Tombow

The Craft Collection Permanent Adhesive Stamp Runner

Authentique

Blissful 6x6 Bundle Collection

Sizzix

Circles, Scallop Set of 8 Dies

Hampton Art

Ditto Cling Stamp Set

The Twinery

Maraschino, Peapod, Cappuccino Twine

Other Supplies

Bazzill Basics Hillary and Sour Apple Cardstock

Dark Red Cardstock

Detail Clear Embossing Powder

Big Kick and Multi-Purpose Platform

Heat-Tool

Acetate

Jars

Candy

Yogurt and Candy-Coated Pretzels

Foam Dots

Directions

• Punch tags from the Blissful prints and stamp the holiday designs with Cranberry, Moss and Grass, then emboss them 

• Diecut 6 Hillary and 6 dark red scalloped circles top the jars (1 of each color will be used with the twine, 1 of each color will be used as a backing)
• Tape one end of the the twine to the back of the scalloped circle and wind the twine around the circle between the scallops
• There will be an extra scalllop - just wind the twine around an adjacent scallop
• Tape the twine behind the circle and cut it
• Use the Tombow Stamp Runner Permanent Adhesive to attach the extra circles behind the twined circles

• Punch 3 dark red and 3 Sour Apple small scalloped circles and attach them to the twined circles using the Tombow Runner
• Punch snowflakes from dark red and Sour Apple and attach them to the smaller scalloped circle

• Burnish Design Adhesives onto acetate and carefully remove the liners
• Press Designer Foils (right-side-up) onto the adhesive patterns and burnish the foil
• Carefully remove the foil strip

• Trim the acetate to fit around the jars - plus a 1/2" overlap
• Attach the acetate to the jars 

• Open the "wings" of the patterned cartridges and place the cartridge into the base and punch strips of dark red and  Hillary cardstock
• Attach the punched strips to the jar then attach the toppers with foam dots

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To sweeten the Hop, we’re offering a gift for you! For every comment you leave on the blogs in the Hop, you’ll be entered to win a prize pack from one of the participating manufacturer sponsors! Use the Rafflecopter widget on the Clearsnap blog to gain extra entries each day: http://cleasnap.blogspot.com.

Here's the Clearsnap prize pack---that's over $100 worth of swag!!!

Visit the list of blogs below and leave a comment on each by Nov 27, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST. Each day we will be sharing a brand new list of blogs with brand new projects for you to explore, be inspired by, and create from!

Nov 18

Clearsnap – http://clearsnap.blogspot.com/ -  You are here now

Hampton Art - http://blog.hamptonart.com/ - Here's your next stop

Graphic45 – http://g45papers.typepad.com/

Fiskateers - www.fiskateers.com/blog

Donna Salazar Designs – http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/

Tombow USA – http://blog.tombowusa.com/

Authentique Paper http://authentiquepaper.blogspot.com/

The Twinery - http://www.thetwineryblog.com/

Eileen Hull for Sizzix http://eileenhull.blogspot.com/

Globecraft Memories – http://globecraftmemories.blogspot.com/

Dana Warren - Hampton Art - http://kraftpaperstamps.blogspot.com/

Steph Ackerman – Globecraft Memories -www.stephaniescraps.blogspot.com

Arlene Cuevas – Graphic 45 -http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/

Susan Lui – Graphic 45 - http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/

Ashley Bores – The Twinery - http://www.heartmadelife.com/

Mistra Hoolahan – Donna Salazar Designs -http://mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang - Hampton Art - http://waffleflower.com/

Angie Blom – Authentique Paper -http://angieblomdesigns.blogspot.com/

Denise Hahn – Clearsnap – http://inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/

Stephenie Hamen – Fiskateers - www.mycraftyadventures.com

Guiseppa Gubler – Authentique Paper -http://guiseppagubler.blogspot.com/

Jessica Fick – The Twinery - http://iembellish.blogspot.com/

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